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Police superintendent no job for a marble mouth

05.03.2011 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

As Chicago Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanual stood nodding in the background, interim police superintendent Terry Hillard addressed the question of how Chicago will respond to the raised threat-level in the wake of the assassination of Osama bin Laden:

"Some of the units have been—the heightened alert has been heightened a little more when it comes down to that. (We've) taken the mood—a couple specialized units and there are some critical assets and we'll just wait and see."

Interim superintendent, indeed.

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // bin Laden, Rahm Emanual, security threat, Terry Hillard

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